The Case for the Tablet PC in Health Care
What does the HP Tablet PC offer for health care?
Tablet PCs allow health care professionals of all levels to be more efficient and accurate in their day-to-day activities by enhancing their ability to perform a variety of tasks, both at their desks or on the go.
Examples of activities that can be improved include:
- Collection and Integration of Patient Data
- Patient Record Retrieval, Review and Collaboration,
- Meetings
- House calls and patient bedside visits
- Wireless interaction among staff and physicians
These activities all involve basic tasks, which are made easier by the HP Tablet PC. Some examples are:
- Completing electronic forms or “writing” prescriptions
- Taking progress notes in handwriting that can be converted to printed text
- Adding handwritten notes to charts and images
- Integrating several reports, such as tests and treatment plans, into one document
- Sharing data via a secure wireless LAN
The key features behind these benefits are:
- The versatility of the HP Tablet PC, which allows data entry from a keyboard, a digital pen, or dictation
- The Tablet digital pen for navigation and writing
- The capability to write directly on the screen available in Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, the Microsoft Office System, and many other business software packages
- The Tablet PC software development kit (SDK), which allows companies and software developers to easily add ink capabilities to existing business software
- The wireless and infrared capabilities built into the HP Tablet PC
- Audio technology for recording and dictation
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